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Medscape survey points to generational differences in physician burnout
Pulmonology specialists reported a burnout rate of 41%.
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Cognitive screening of older physicians: What’s fair?
A new report leads to questions about how to standardize the process rather than have a piecemeal institutional approach and whether to focus less...
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Fewer interventions after sleeve gastrectomy vs. Roux-en-Y, real-world data show
Balanced by weight loss and health outcomes data, safety results may help inform decision making for prospective patients and physicians,...
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Bariatric surgery is most effective early in the diabetes trajectory
LOS ANGELES – But in the United States, only about 1% of eligible patients with diabetes undergo the procedure.
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Breaking through a ‘cloud of silence’
“When you look after a doctor, you have to be a little suspicious that they may be covering up their suicidality,” said Dr. Michael F. Myers.
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Consider sparing the uterus in prolapse procedures
LAS VEGAS – Hysterectomies are linked to various negative outcomes, expert says.
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Draft ACR Takayasu’s guidelines: Surgery is the last resort
ATLANTA – One of the goals in soon-to-be-published Takayasu’s arteritis guidelines from the American College of...
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Diabetes boosts bariatric surgery complications
LAS VEGAS – In addition, patients with insulin-dependent diabetes had significantly higher rates of these and other complications, compared with...
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Evidence builds for bariatric surgery’s role in cancer prevention
LAS VEGAS – Some patients are trying to reduce their future risk for cancer with the procedure.
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Bariatric surgery candidates show high prevalence of thrombophilia
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Score predicts bariatric surgery’s benefits for obesity, type 2 diabetes
LAS VEGAS – The calculator can estimate the 10-year risk for death and cardiovascular disease events for patients if their clinical status...